Audience Member 4

I might be misunderstanding the proposition, but for those average Americans who are not civil rights leaders or musicians or editors of a publication or a think tank, by not joining a political party or registering as a Democrat or Republican in the primary process, are you not actively diminishing your ability to have a say in politics in your local community?

I might be misunderstanding the proposition, but for those average Americans who are not civil rights leaders or musicians or editors of a publication or a think tank, by not joining a political party or registering as a Democrat or Republican in the primary process, are you not actively diminishing your ability to have a say in politics in your local community?

And if becoming a registered Democrat or Republican is somehow not picking a side, how is it not picking a side? And are you not actively contributing to diminishing your own say in politics?

And if becoming a registered Democrat or Republican is somehow not picking a side, how is it not picking a side? And are you not actively contributing to diminishing your own say in politics?

And if becoming a registered Democrat or Republican is somehow not picking a side, how is it not picking a side? And are you not actively contributing to diminishing your own say in politics?